WH Chapter One, Section 2

Highly mobile people who moved from place to place searching for new food sources were called

• neanderthals

• hominids

• nomads

• farmers

People whose food supply depended on hunting animals and collecting plant foods were called

• nomads

• a culture group

• Cro-Magnons

• hunter-gatherers

Discoveries of artistic works from early men and women include all of these except

• polished beads made from mammoth tusks

• cave paintings

• watercolor paintings

• necklaces of seashells

Another name for the Neolithic Revolution is the

• industrial revolution

• agricultural revolution

• New Stone Age

• technological revolution

Early farmers used slash-and-burn methods because

• the ashes fertilized the soil and brought renewed growth after a few years

• they didn't want their neighbors to be able to use the land

• it produced the largest crops in the shortest period of time

• lack of rain made it the only method possible

The taming of animals in order to raise them as a constant source of food was known as

• the agricultural revolution

• domestication

• herding

• ranching

The agricultural village known as Catal Huyuk was best known for its

• obsidian products

• religious artifacts

• fossilized animal skeletons

• strong social organizations

One drawback to the new settled way of life of people in villages such as Catal Huyuk was

• boredom

• crowded conditions

• easily spread diseases

• overproduction of food